Open Letter to Republican Candidate Rick Santorum after S.C Debate 1/16/2012

Rick Santorum stated, “Martin Luther King Jr holiday is a important part of the African American community!” Did he forget that it was also white people, hispanic, and other ethnic groups that find this day as important. It seems like every drug dealer in your book is a African American or other ethnic group. It seems like you think every African American is on food stamps. It seems as if African Americans had nothing to do with the wealth of their own kind as well as other ethnic groups including your own. It is shocking how a bunch of evangelicals got together to endorse your campaign based off your own views that go against the bible teaching. However, it was a old rumor or maybe even a fact that the bible was used to enforce and brainwash other ethnic groups into staying slaves instead of pursuing any form of freedom. I wouldn’t shake your hand if we was on the same stage or place. I do not have a problem with white people or any other ethnic group, but however I do have a problem with individuals of all races that feel that their is a such thing as being superior to any all races. Rick Santorum fails to bring up the fact that it was government that was the first drug dealers and still are the only one giving drug dealers permits. How about you ask Rush Limbaugh about that? Their are pedophiles of many different races that pray on children for sexual deviances. Do you tell parents or that child that even if they are raped or molested that they have to have that rapist child. A lot of pro life advocates have not been raped personally and the ones that have are not forced to register their names in a abortion registry. Im sure it would be more hyprocrits on that list than ever before in the history of the United States of America. Its one thing to be pro life and raise your own kids than to be pro life and allow a private or military school do the job for you. I see all ethnic groups that have a problem with the high crime rate and increase in welfare benefits than job benefits because of the effects of a recession. However Rick Santorum fails to state that white people are also whom he is talking about that are low income. 32 percent of white people are on welfare and entitlement benefits such as food stamps. A number that far exceeds by double African Americans. The problem with America is a American problem not a African American or any other ethnic group that isn’t white problem. We are in the same struggle together and the only person trying to divide classes is you and those that agree with you, because they are guilty by association. Also, everyone in the Republican or Tea Party is not racist and actually have valid non discriminatory views on policy issues being passed by state and federal elected representatives. This election is not about running for the President of the United States of Rich America. It is called the office of President of United States which includes all Americans – rich and poor. This election is about providing a future for each and every man and woman. This election is about moving America passed the hate and the income gap of struggling Americans compared to rich Americans. It is a sad day when fiction is becoming facts for you Rick Santorum. You are using too small of a sample to be representative of any population. Do you ever focus on how many low income people are not drug dealers or incarcerated. It is a far number out of jail than in a jail. Maybe Rick Santorum should do a real research study on issues that are effecting low income people and that is jobs and family not jail and bigotry. It is one thing to be Christain, but Im only asking you to honor what the Bible and Jesus says on paper and make it reality. This phrase in the bible says it all, “We are all Gods children.” Did you forget that somewhere a long the line of saying which children really are the ones you consider family. You taketh family and won’t giveth qualified workers a job.

Merle Rutledge Jr